Wagon Trail mural precast into Comanche, Texas retaining walls

November 16th, 2009

T&B Structural Systems is pleased to have been selected as a project partner on an innovative MSE retaining wall project with a precast mural honoring the heritage of Comanche County, Texas. The MSE walls support two approach ramps on a US 67 overpass, as part of a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) upgrade.

The creative design for the mural featured a wagon trail landscape image with trees, Comanche Indians on horseback, a settlers’ cabin and a covered wagon. The aesthetic requirements for the project specified a continuous, low-relief, three-dimensional mural to be cast into the panels.

completed Wagon Trail mural

TxDOT provided an Autocad file of the mural, which was then overlaid with the T&B wall design.
Each mural panel had to be individually detailed and numbered to make the complete mural.
The panel detail was then plotted out on full size paper.
The full size plot was then used to fabricate hardwood cut-outs of the mural image.
The hardwood cut-outs were then placed over the Fractured Fin form liner bases to produce the negative smooth areas that helped achieve the desired mural design effect.

T&B utilized its 5'x 6' Precast Panel System. The total wall area was 55,456 square feet. Prater Equipment Company was the general contractor and Ellis-McGinnis Construction Company was the bridge and wall sub-contractor.

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